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\n \n \n \n Female Support Worker \n \n Full Time Opportunities £25,845 per year (pro rata) \n \n A Full UK Manual driving licence is essential to drive our service mini bus. \n \n Looking for a career where every day makes a difference? \n \n Join Avenues as a Support Worker and help people with learning disabilities and complex needs live happy, independent and fulfilling lives. You'll build meaningful relationships, learn new skills and go home each day knowing you've made a real impact. \n \n At Avenues, we're more than a workplace – we're a community where people smile, laugh, grow and achieve great things together. We believe that when our colleagues feel valued and supported, the people we support thrive too. \n \n About the role \n \n You'll be supporting five individuals with complex health needs, physical disabilities and learning disabilities in our supported living service in Gillingham, Medway. The service is conveniently located close to both Chatham and Gillingham town centres and is just a five-minute walk from Hempstead Valley Shopping Centre. \n \n The people we support enjoy active, fulfilling lives and love getting out into the local community every day. Whether it's shopping, attending activities, visiting local attractions or spending time with friends and family, you'll play an important role in helping them enjoy the life they choose. \n \n Every day is different, but you could be: \n\n • \n Supporting people with learning disabilities, autism, epilepsy and physical disabilities. \n • \n Encouraging independence while providing the right level of support. \n • \n Assisting with daily living tasks such as cooking, shopping and managing money. \n • \n Supporting people to access their local community and enjoy hobbies and interests. \n • \n Providing personal care with dignity, respect and compassion. \n • \n Working as part of a friendly, supportive team to deliver outstanding person-centred care. \n\n \n You'll receive paid training from day one, along with nationally recognised qualifications to help you build a rewarding long-term career. \n \n All we ask is that you bring: \n\n • \n A positive attitude. \n • \n Kindness and compassion. \n • \n A willingness to learn. \n • \n A full UK driving licence. \n\n \n What you'll receive \n \n As well as a rewarding career, you'll enjoy a fantastic range of benefits, including: \n\n • \n £25,845 per year (pro rata) \n • \n Early Pay – access part of your earned wages before payday \n • \n Paid enhanced DBS check \n • \n Flexible working opportunities \n • \n Paid annual leave (pro rata) \n • \n Award-winning training and career development \n • \n Contributory pension scheme with life assurance \n • \n Blue Light Card and Benefits website discounts \n • \n Recommend a Friend scheme – earn up to £500 \n • \n Free, confidential 24/7 wellbeing support and counselling \n\n \n Everyone is welcome \n \n We're proud to be a Disability Confident employer. If you declare a disability and meet the essential criteria for the role, you'll be guaranteed an interview. \n \n Ready to start a career that feels good? \n \n If you're looking for a role where you can genuinely change lives while building a rewarding career of your own, we'd love to hear from you. \n \n Apply today and start your feel-good career with Avenues!

\n \n \n At Places for People, we hire people, not numbers. If you're a proven sales professional from a new homes or property sales background, this is your opportunity to sell high‑quality developments while making a real difference. \n As one of the UK's leading social enterprises, everything we do is about building thriving communities. We're looking for commercially driven sales people who know how to convert leads into completions, deliver an outstanding customer journey, and take pride in closing deals the right way. \n Working Pattern – 35 hours per week, working 5 days out of 7, including weekends. \n The role follows a Thursday to Monday schedule, with the following hours: \n \n • Thursday: 12:00pm – 7:00pm\n, • Friday to Monday: 10:00am – 5:00pm\n \n Where will I be working? \n Site based at Gillingham SP8 4GG (Dorest) \n About the Role \n This role will feel very familiar if you've worked in new build, estate agency or property development sales. \n As a Sales Executive, you'll take full ownership of the sales journey on your development(s) – from first enquiry through to reservation, legal progression and successful handover. You'll be responsible for: \n \n • Proactively generating and converting leads into reservations and completed sales\n, • Managing the full sales pipeline and accurately forecasting performance\n, • Delivering exceptional on‑site and appointment‑based customer viewings\n, • Negotiating confidently while maintaining a high‑quality customer experience\n, • Building strong relationships with buyers, solicitors and internal stakeholders\n, • Representing the brand professionally and driving site‑specific sales strategies\n \n You'll work closely with the Sales Manager and wider team, with clear targets and the autonomy to manage your patch like your own business. \n About You \n You're a results‑driven sales professional who thrives in a target‑led environment and understands what it takes to sell property. \n You'll bring: \n \n • Experience in new homes, property or estate agency sales\n, • A strong track record of meeting and exceeding targets\n, • Confidence conducting face‑to‑face viewings and progressing buyers to reservation\n, • Excellent negotiation, communication and relationship‑building skills\n, • Strong organisation skills to manage multiple buyers and deadlines at once\n, • A customer‑focused mindset, balancing commercial outcomes with service quality\n, • Experience in shared ownership and/or open market housing preferable\n \n You're competitive, proactive and motivated by success – but you also care about doing the right thing for customers and communities. \n Benefits \n We are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for. \n We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include: \n \n • Competitive salary, with a salary review yearly \n \n \n, • Pension with matched contributions up to 7% \n \n \n, • Excellent holiday package – up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leave \n \n \n, • Cashback plan for healthcare costs – up to £500 saving per year \n \n \n, • Training and development \n \n \n, • Extra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much more \n \n \n \n \n \n \n What's next? \n If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us. \n As part of our commitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all. \n We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best. \n If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on skillsemployment@placesforpeople.co.uk. \n We understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours. \n \n If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold calls \n \n \n \n \n Safeguarding \n At Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect. \n We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment. \n By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communities \n \n \n \n \n

At Places for People, we hire people, not numbers. If you're a proven sales professional from a new homes or property sales background, this is your opportunity to sell high-quality developments while making a real difference.As one of the UK's leading social enterprises, everything we do is about building thriving communities. We're looking for commercially driven sales people who know how to convert leads into completions, deliver an outstanding customer journey, and take pride in closing deals the right way.Working Pattern35 hours per week, working 5 days out of 7, including weekends.The role follows a Thursday to Monday schedule, with the following hours:Thursday: 12:00pm 7:00pmFriday to Monday: 10:00am 5:00pmWhere will I be working?Site based at Gillingham SP8 4GG (Dorest)About the RoleThis role will feel very familiar if you've worked in new build, estate agency or property development sales.As a Sales Executive, you'll take full ownership of the sales journey on your development(s) from first enquiry through to reservation, legal progression and successful handover. You'll be responsible for:Proactively generating and converting leads into reservations and completed salesManaging the full sales pipeline and accurately forecasting performanceDelivering exceptional on-site and appointment-based customer viewingsNegotiating confidently while maintaining a high-quality customer experienceBuilding strong relationships with buyers, solicitors and internal stakeholdersRepresenting the brand professionally and driving site-specific sales strategiesYou'll work closely with the Sales Manager and wider team, with clear targets and the autonomy to manage your patch like your own business.About YouYou're a results-driven sales professional who thrives in a target-led environment and understands what it takes to sell property.You'll bring:Experience in new homes, property or estate agency salesA strong track record of meeting and exceeding targetsConfidence conducting face-to-face viewings and progressing buyers to reservationExcellent negotiation, communication and relationship-building skillsStrong organisation skills to manage multiple buyers and deadlines at onceA customer-focused mindset, balancing commercial outcomes with service qualityExperience in shared ownership and/or open market housing preferableYou're competitive, proactive and motivated by success but you also care about doing the right thing for customers and communities.BenefitsWe are a large diverse and ambitious business, which will give you all the challenge you could wish for.We know that there's always more we can do to make you smile, that's why we offer a comprehensive benefits package with each role, yours will include:Competitive salary, with a salary review yearlyPension with matched contributions up to 7%Excellent holiday package up to 35 days annual leave with the option to buy or sell leaveCashback plan for healthcare costs up to £500 saving per yearTraining and developmentExtra perks including huge discounts and offers from shops, cinemas and much moreWhat's next?If you meet the criteria and are ready to make the next step in your career then click apply. You will be redirected to our careers site where you can discover more about the role, read a full job description and apply directly to us.As part of ourcommitment to diversity and inclusion, we offer a guaranteed interview to candidates who are disabled, neurodiverse, or have served in the Armed Forces, provided they meet the essential criteria for the role. If you would like to be considered under this scheme, please indicate this in your application. We are dedicated to creating a supportive and accessible recruitment process for all.We are committed to creating an inclusive and accessible recruitment process. If you require any reasonable adjustments to support your application or interview experience, please let us know. We're happy to work with you to ensure you have the opportunity to perform at your best.If you are a Places for People customer and you're looking for support with your application, please contact our skills and employment team on .W e understand the importance of a supportive and inclusive work culture so please talk to us at interview about flexibility you may need. We can't promise to give you exactly what you want, but we promise not to judge you for asking. For this role we are open to discussing the possibility of reduced hours, flexible start and finish times or compressed hours.If you are a recruitment agency please note we operate a PSL and do not take cold callsSafeguardingAt Places for People, safeguarding is everyone's responsibility. We are committed to creating safe communities for our customers and colleagues by protecting children, young people, and adults at risk from harm, abuse, and neglect.We follow robust safeguarding policies and procedures, ensuring all employees, volunteers, and contractors uphold the highest standards of safeguarding and accountability. Our recruitment process includes pre-employment checks, including Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) checks where applicable, to promote a safe and secure working environment.By joining Places for People, you are expected to contribute to our safeguarding culture, following our policies and reporting concerns to protect those in our communitiesTPBN1_UKTJ